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Evaluate STC®
Carolina
offers the following services for schools or districts
seeking to evaluate the STC program. To inquire about
these offers or to request the STC information pack,
please call 800-227-1150.
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Materials
to preview - We offer several preview options.
We will help you determine which option is appropriate
for you. You may receive some sample teacher's guides
and student activity books or unit kits for 30-day
preview. Direct your inquiries about preview material
to our STC Department at 800-227-1150,
ext. 5265 or 6272.
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Pilot
programs - To help you become familiar with
the STC program, we may place unit kits with
selected teachers in your school or district to
try out in their classrooms. Typically, these
teachers then become the STC trainers for the
school or district. A district pilot needs to be
set up by the superintendent or by the science or
curriculum coordinator. For a school with
site-based management, the contact person needs to
be the principal or someone identified by the
principal. To discuss piloting, call our STC
projects manager at 800-227-1150,
ext. 5265, or STC adoptions coordinator, ext.
6272.
More About the Pilot Program
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Presentations
- We may provide an overview of the STC
program's goals, development, and philosophy,
along with a description of typical unit
components and of the logistics of implementation.
A presentation may take a “jigsaw” approach,
in which groups of participants work through
specific activities from a unit and then report on
their activities and findings. Since the reports
follow the sequence in which the activities occur
in the unit, participants get a feel for the way
STC approaches concept development. A presentation
lasts from 1-2 hours and there is no charge. To
arrange for a presentation in your district, call
the STC Department at 800-227-1150,
ext. 4356.
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Correlations
to science standards - STC is standards
based, aligned with the National Science Education
Standards of the National Research Council. The
STC program has also been correlated with many
state and local learning frameworks.
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Download
a brief overview of STC's correlation with
the NSES. |
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Download
the booklet, STC Meets the Standards,
which provides a more detailed explanation
of the links between STC and the national
standards. |
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Download
STC's correlation to a state or local learning
framework. |
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